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Trump Declared a “Clear and Present Danger” to the United States by 36 Mental Health Experts Over Nuclear Weapons Authority, Entered a into Congressional Record Led by Nobel Laureate
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Trump Declared a “Clear and Present Danger” to the United States by 36 Mental Health Experts Over Nuclear Weapons Authority, Entered a into Congressional Record Led by Nobel Laureate

What Nobody Tells You

On April 30, 2026, Senators Whitehouse and Reed entered a letter from 36 mental health professionals into the Congressional Record. The lead author is Dr. Henry David Abraham, a 1985 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

The signatories cite Trump’s “marked deterioration in cognitive functioning,” delusional beliefs, depictions of himself as Pope and mythical warrior, and 150 social media posts in a single night.

The letter cites a 1974 precedent: Defense Secretary James Schlesinger quietly removed nuclear launch codes from a mentally deteriorating Richard Nixon during his final days.

The doctors are saying the same thing needs to happen now. Trump controls 5,000 nuclear warheads with no countermand authority. Their conclusion: “reality-untethered,” “rapidly worsening,” a clear and present danger.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Why It Actually Matters

Bandy Lee got fired by Yale in 2020 for saying half of this. A Nobel laureate just said all of it on the Senate floor. The Goldwater Rule delayed the truth, not stopped it.

What To Do About It

Read the letter. Read the names. Ask why your senator hasn’t spoken yet.
Bandy Lee got fired in 2020 for saying it. A Nobel laureate said it Wednesday with 5,000 nukes still in play.

History rewards the cabinet member who acted before the order came. The rest are footnotes in someone else’s tragedy. CRIX22 builds the room where you find out which one you are.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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Israeli PM Netanyahu blames Pakistan for manipulating social media and for all the hate Israel receives

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President Donald J. Trump: "They trifled with us today. We blew 'em away If there's no ceasefire, you're not going to have to know. You're just gonna have to look at one big glow coming out of Iran and they better sign their agreement fast."

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Important new Article out in the Atlantic Monthly on the Iran. Claims it’s a total defeat for the US and the worst strategic defeat in our history

Written by Robert Kagan, a well known NeoCon and former hawk on the Middle East. Starts with this:

It’s hard to think of a time when the United States suffered a total defeat in a conflict, a setback so decisive that the strategic loss could be neither repaired nor ignored. The calamitous losses suffered at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, and throughout the Western Pacific in the first months of World War II were eventually reversed. The defeats in Vietnam and Afghanistan were costly but did not do lasting damage to America’s overall position in the world, because they were far from the main theaters of global competition. The initial failure in Iraq was mitigated by a shift in strategy that ultimately left Iraq relatively stable and unthreatening to its neighbors and kept the United States dominant in the region.

Defeat in the present confrontation with Iran will be of an entirely different character. It can neither be repaired nor ignored. There will be no return to the status quo ante, no ultimate American triumph that will undo or overcome the harm done. The Strait of Hormuz will not be “open,” as it once was. With control of the strait, Iran emerges as the key player in the region and one of the key players in the world.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/05/iran-war-trump-losing/687094/?gift=8iPoHoEOXU5q5ypJojMQ54bsbKTJpGioFDJRKcAcUKY

u/Epicurus-fan — 3 days ago
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Iran’s latest billboard near the Strait of Hormuz is drawing global attention after depicting captured American aircraft as “prey,” in what many see as a direct warning to Washington.

u/IndiaTodayGlobal — 3 days ago
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Would We Be Better Off Today With the JCPOA?

12 May 2026 (intro visible then pay-walled, can sign in for trial access) Eight years ago, President Donald Trump took the United States out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known more commonly as the Iran nuclear deal. In the years since, half of Washington has continued to argue that the JCPOA was “the best possible deal,” with the other half maintaining that “there was a better deal.” It has been the background music to every twist and turn in U.S. Iran policy since 2018 but has come to the fore again since Trump launched Operation Epic Fury.

foreignpolicy.com
u/ayatoilet — 5 hours ago